Of course, all women want to behair was healthy and beautiful. We constantly buy various shampoos, conditioners, balms and masks for our hair. And we never think about how much chemistry is in their composition. As a rule, we only read the text about the effect, which always sounds the same: thick, smooth, silky, soft, etc. And what is written in the smallest font is usually too lazy for us. After all, it lists the names of various chemical substances with difficult-to-pronounce names. And vice versa, only natural and familiar ingredients are included in homemade shampoo: its recipes are full of names of useful herbs and products.
What is the harm of normal shampoos?
It is also already known to everyone that shampoos containwhich are used by almost all people on earth, include more than 50% of an extremely harmful substance - sodium lauryl sulfate (SLS). SLS is one of the most harmful components in most cosmetics, as well as shower gels and shampoos. Because sodium lauryl sulfate is a surfactant that destroys the structure of proteins that make up hair and skin. But SLS is considered a very cheap component, and its function is to distribute and penetrate the shampoo into the hair. And, apparently, manufacturers are not going to stop using this component.
About the benefits of home natural shampoo
In addition, in order to produceall this "good" cosmetic companies waste natural resources and also pollute the environment. We must remember that the human body is not designed for continuous interaction with chemistry. So why don't we take on board the recipes of great-grandmothers for the health and beauty of hair and make shampoo at home with our own hands? After all, homemade cosmetics are the most natural, and therefore environmentally friendly. There are many folk ways to make such shampoos for hair with your own hands using only natural ingredients, and absolutely no chemistry, but after such a shampoo at home, your hair will look beautiful and healthy. Natural shampoo made with your own hands cannot be stored for a long time, but this is not a problem, since making shampoo at home is not difficult, it does not take much time to make another portion of shampoo with your own hands once a week.
All variety of home shampoo recipes
Long ago in Rus', women washed their hair with gruelfrom rye bread. It is easy to make such a homemade shampoo. You only need to soak the sliced bread for two hours. You can also add bran to this gruel. You need to keep this mixture on your hair for 5 to 10 minutes. Sometimes - 30 minutes. Thanks to this natural homemade shampoo, your hair will grow faster. The only problem may be the remaining crumbs, despite thorough rinsing. In general, you should experiment with homemade shampoos - there are a lot of recipes, some will suit you, and some will not. DIY hair shampoo from fermented milk products also perfectly cleanses hair. Here are a couple of examples of such shampoo at home: their recipes are very easy to prepare. To do this, you only need to take yogurt, kefir and sour milk. Such products create a greasy film around the hair, which does not allow the negative influence of the environment to harm the hair. To wash your hair with such a natural shampoo at home, take, for example, sour milk, apply it to your hair with excess, then put a plastic bag on your head, and tie a terry towel on top. Keep it like this for 30 minutes, and then wash it off with warm water, and in addition then rinse your hair with water and vinegar or lemon juice. Or there is another way - you need to dilute kefir with hot water and just wash your hair with this homemade shampoo. Also, various medicinal herbs can be included in the shampoo prepared at home: the recipes in this case are not as complicated as some sometimes think.
- Herbal Shampoo
To prepare shampoo at home,The herbal base should be mixed equal parts of burdock root, hop cones, calendula flowers, and birch leaves. Pour 50g of this mixture into a glass of hot light beer and let the mixture steep for a while. Strain, warm slightly, and use this natural shampoo at home.
- Oak Shampoo
This shampoo is prepared from an infusion of 3 tablespoonsspoons of oak bark. It should be poured with one liter of water and brought to a boil. This decoction should be used to wash your hair after each shampoo. Another way to make shampoo at home on a herbal basis is a special infusion for oily hair. We prepare an infusion of birch buds or birch leaves in a ratio of one to ten. This mixture should be used to wash your hair 2-3 times a week. It is best when this course consists of 12-15 sessions. And you can repeat it after 2-3 weeks if necessary.
- Pomegranate Shampoo
You can also make a shampoo for oily hairat home from a decoction of pomegranate peel. Simply boil 3 tablespoons of this peel in one liter of water for 15 minutes. Wash your hair with this decoction once every three days for two months. And then, for prevention, repeat this washing 1-2 times a week.
- Shampoo for shine and volume
Many people wonder how to make shampoo.with your own hands, which would give your hair extra volume and shine? To make shampoo at home with such an effect on hair, you need to mix 3 tablespoons of regular shampoo, but unscented, with a teaspoon of lemon juice, an egg and two drops of essential oil to your taste. Mix everything, and here you are - you have prepared shampoo at home yourself, spending a minimum amount of time.
- Chinese shampoo
You can sometimes make this kind of shampoo at home.conditions. To do this, grind the peas in a blender until you get flour. Then pour in warm water and leave it overnight. Apply it to your hair for about 30 minutes. This mixture absorbs all the dirt from your hair. Rinse it off with warm water.
- Universal recipe
For all hair types, you can boil shampoo inat home according to a universal recipe. You can buy the base for this shampoo, which does not contain perfume, in perfume shops or pharmacies. The shampoo contains: 50 ml of glycerin, olive soap or shampoo base, one teaspoon of base oil (if you have oily hair, then either reduce the amount of oil or do not use it at all, and if you have dry hair, then, on the contrary, the amount of oil should be increased), 1-2 tablespoons of herbs, 25-40 drops of essential oil and 180 ml of water. Prepare a decoction of herbs, cool it, mix with the rest of the ingredients and stir. The shelf life of this shampoo is one week. Although, if you add one teaspoon of vodka to it, the shelf life becomes longer - up to 3-4 weeks. If desired, you can add 1-2 tablespoons of various additives to this shampoo: aloe juice, apple juice, lecithin, glycerin, yolk or honey. Glycerin, olive soap or shampoo base can be easily replaced with soapweed root. Then we cook shampoo at home like this: pour 15 g of crushed soapweed root with 180 ml of water, bring to a boil, then boil for 10 minutes over low heat. Then cool the liquid, filter it and pour it into a plastic bottle and screw the lid tightly. Next, add oils to the contents of the bottle and shake it thoroughly. It is best to choose a base oil, essential oils, herbs for the decoction depending on your hair type:
- If you have normal hair, then it will workuniversal almond oil and grape seed oil; essential oils of tea tree, pine, rose, neroli, lemon, ylang-ylang, geranium, bergamot and orange; herb - sage.
- If you have dry hair, then you need to takeoil of jojoba or, again, grape seed oil; essential oils of rose, rosemary, neroli, myrrh, lavender, ylang-ylang, jasmine, geranium and orange; grass - mother-and-stepmother or lavender.
- If you have oily hair, then againAlmond oil and grape seed oil; essential oils of tea tree, rosemary, mint, lemon, cypress, cedar, cayaputa, grapefruit, bergamot and basil; herbs are thyme, burdock and mint.
- For shampoo for dandruff your own hands will have totake castor oil, grape seed oil or jojoba oil; essential oils of eucalyptus, tea tree, cypress, lavender, chamomile, cedar (when dry hair) or rosemary (when greasy hair); grass - calendula, chamomile, nettle, burdock.
- For shampoo, which strengthens the hair, burdock, nettle, sage and basil are taken from herbs; from essential oils: eucalyptus, sage, thyme, rosemary, petitgrain, lemon, lavender, cedar and ylang-ylang.
Here are a few more simple recipes for making your own shampoo. Many recipes include egg yolks, so these mixtures are often called homemade egg shampoos.
- Shampoo with vodka
Components:one tablespoon of soda, one egg, two tablespoons of vodka, 150 grams of water, sour rinse (lemon juice or vinegar). You can also add a tablet of crushed (soluble) aspirin to any shampoo. It makes your hair shiny, like silk, and easy to comb. Shampoo for normal hair
Shampoo for dry hair Here are some recipes for homemade shampoos for dry hair:
Shampoo for oily hair We will not leave without attention the preparation of shampoo at home for oily hair:
Anti-dandruff shampoo And now recipes on how to make anti-dandruff shampoo with your own hands:
Shampoo for all hair types And, naturally, several recipes for shampoos for any hair type. You can't do without them!
Dry hair washing
Now we'll talk about DIY dry shampoo.There is an alternative to washing your hair - "dry cleaning". After all, it is not always possible to wash your hair with water in all conditions - for example, on the road. For such cases, manufacturers have come up with dry shampoos Swiss-o-Par Frotee, Rene Furterer, Charles Worthington, Klorane. But you can, of course, make dry shampoo at home. And remember that dry shampoo made by yourself is perfect for oily hair. For dry, or otherwise solid shampoo at home, you will need violet root, which has a remarkable ability to absorb fat. Grind this root to a powder state, separate the hair into strands, and rub this powder into the roots of the hair. After this, you will need to comb your hair in order to comb it out of them. This is how easy it is to get solid shampoo with your own hands. Other dry shampoos at home are not so effective, but, however, they can also be used if necessary. For example, using, instead of orris root, oatmeal, almond powder, potato starch or white fuller's clay for a solid shampoo with your own hands. From all the listed components, you can make a solid shampoo at home if you do not have orris root. They absorb fat almost as well and will become an alternative in any situation. We recommend reading:
